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Tunisian judge postpones case against opposition leader

A Tunisian judge postponed a terrorism hearing against the Islamist Ennahda party leader Rached Ghannouchi and said he would not be held in pre-trial detention, his lawyer said.

Reuters · Sep 21, 2022

Tunisian Police Question Ghannouchi through Night

Tunisian police questioned main opposition leader Rached Ghannouchi for more than 12 hours overnight, his lawyer said, over terrorism accusations that Ghannouchi, who was also speaker of the dissolved parliament, says are politically motivated. The 81-year-old head of the Islamist Ennahda party was summoned to meet the terrorism police on…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Sep 21, 2022

Tunisia delays case against opposition leader

A Tunisian judge on Wednesday put off a terrorism hearing against the main opposition leader Rached Ghannouchi until November, and said he would not be held in pre-trial detention, his lawyer said.

Reuters · Sep 21, 2022

Tunisians reeling from ‘dictator’ moves, but people still hopeful

President Kais Saied has scrapped Tunisia’s post-revolutionary constitution, tried to sack a majority of judges, stifled opposition and dissent, and rolled back democratic gains. However the judiciary is still holding on and pushing for positive change, says one prominent civil society leader.

Radio France Internationale · Aug 26, 2022

Strangling Tunisia’s democracy

Kais Saied is a populist zealot who promises El Dorado even as he leads his country into a quagmire

The Hindu · Aug 24, 2022

Tunisia's opposition Ennahda says leader faces new investigation

Tunisia's Islamist opposition party Ennahda said on Wednesday that its leader Rached Ghannouchi was under investigation on charges of describing security forces as tyrannical, though the party denies he said that.

Reuters · Aug 3, 2022

Tunisia's turbulent ride from revolution to presidential power bid

President Kais Saied is asking Tunisians to approve a new constitution in a referendum on Monday. Critics see his actions since seizing broad powers last summer as having unpicked Tunisia's democratic gains since a 2011 revolution.

Reuters · Jul 25, 2022

Factbox-How Tunisia's president has tightened his grip

President Kais Saied has been steadily consolidating his grip over Tunisia since seizing broad powers a year ago.

Reuters · Jul 24, 2022

Tunisia's Islamist leader Ghannouchi stays free after hearing

A Tunisian judge let Islamist party leader Rached Ghannouchi return home on Tuesday after a long investigative hearing instead of keeping him in detention, Ghannouchi's lawyer and an official from his Ennahda party said.

Reuters · Jul 19, 2022

Tunisian judge lets Rached Ghannouchi leave after court hearing

Opposition leader faces money-laundering allegations amid sweeping power grab by President Kais Saied.

Al Jazeera · Jul 19, 2022